KUTUKA MOTORSPORT

JOHN GREGORY

THE NEWEST DRIVER ON THE XJS GRID, BUT WITH A COMPREHENSIVE RACE HISTORY HE MANAGED TO ACHIEVE IN RECORD TIME...

We don't want to bang on about this, but if your first race ended like this, you'd probably want it mentioning, wouldn't you?

John is a relative newcomer to the XJS grid, but has managed to cram in several seasons' worth of experiences into only a few races.

Only 6 years old, he was so keen to come and play with the XJS that he hired Megan after her Brands victory, and, well, after your first qualifying, race start, what else to do but have your first crash?

The panic of an unready car and a late-night rush to finish it at Silverstone, then a run of solid races to end the year, he was winner of the JEC/Power4Peanuts Rising Rookie trophy in 2009, probably because he'd rammed more into his first season than many club racers ever see.

Unlike many a preening racer, Le Gregoire is happy to throw a spanner and lie in oily puddles, which makes him the ideal associate for Kutuka Motorsport.

Picking up the pace race by race, John "The Destroyer" Gregory's progress is being watched with interest.